IU Ventures

Investment firm

IU Ventures

Syndicate / Angel group

WebsiteLinkedIn pageX profileCrunchbase profileBloomington·Indiana·United States21known portfolio companies4people tracked20co-investors

IU Ventures is a syndicate. Based in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Known portfolio companies include Amplified Sciences, NuCurrent, Sunny, Adipo Therapeutics, MetaCX and Plan Forward, 21 companies in all.

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Investment focus

Who to pitch at IU Ventures

IU Ventures portfolio companies (21)

  • Amplified Sciences
  • NuCurrent
  • Sunny
  • Adipo Therapeutics
  • MetaCX
  • Plan Forward
  • The Bee Corp
  • iink Payments
  • Boardable
  • Confluence Pharmaceuticals
  • Kovina Therapeutics
  • Primary Record
  • Stagetime
  • Apexian Pharmaceuticals
  • Cardinal Spirits
  • Courseload
  • Folia
  • HotDrop
  • Pandorum
  • The New Savant
  • TrueLeap

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About IU Ventures

The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Consumer, Education and FinTech, and focus areas Aerospace, Analytics, Autonomous Vehicles and Biotech; known deals cluster at Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed.

The team counts 4 people in our database. Tony Armstrong (President & CEO), Kathy Fields Povoas (Vice Chair) and Christian Beck (EIR) are shown as the contacts to pitch.

IU Ventures shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them VisionTech Partners | VisionTech Angels, Purdue Research Foundation and Elevate Capital.

Frequently asked questions

What is IU Ventures?

IU Ventures is a syndicate based in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, with a known portfolio of 21 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does IU Ventures invest in?

Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, Education and FinTech; listed focus areas include Aerospace, Analytics, Autonomous Vehicles and Biotech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does IU Ventures invest at?

The known deals of IU Ventures include Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at IU Ventures?

3 of the 4 people on file at IU Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm. All 4 have their own profile page.

How do I contact IU Ventures?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 4 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

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